Lovelorn is there any other kind of Romeo?makes his first appearance in Shakespeare's
towards the end of the first scene of the play, after all the excitement
has died down from a brawl in the streets between the feuding families of Capulet and
Montague.
Just prior to Romeo's entrance, his cousin and best friend, , and
Romeo's parents, Lord and , are discussing Romeo's recent troubling behavior. Benvolio says that
he saw Romeo earlier this morning, even before the sun came up, wandering in a grove of sycamore
trees, but when Benvolio approached him, Romeo ran away into the woods.
tells Benvolio that he's seen Romeo sighing and crying early in the morning, and when the sun
comes up, Romeo locks himself in his room, pulls all the curtains, and sits alone in the
dark.
As Romeo enters, Benvolio tells the Montagues that he'll do whatever he
can to learn the reason for Romeo's behavior.
It doesn't take very long for
Benvolio to learn that...
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